Aesop-like
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling a fable or moral of Aesop.
"As regards the map, this was the beginning of an Aesop-like fable - 'How the Underground lines got their colours' - because they were all given a colour, although not the 'right' ones from today's perspective."
Example
More examples"As regards the map, this was the beginning of an Aesop-like fable - 'How the Underground lines got their colours' - because they were all given a colour, although not the 'right' ones from today's perspective."
Etymology
From Aesop + -like.
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